Dan Lunt: Past climates and climate sensitivity #DeepTime #Reconstruction #3DEdition

2016, Atmosphere, Chemistry, Climate Proxies, Climate Sensitivity, Cretaceous, Holocene, Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum, Paleoclimatology, Study, Temperature, Temperature Reconstruction, UKLeave a comment

To curiosity-driven scientist Dan Lunt, understanding the past climate of our Earth (from the scorching greenhouse of the mid-Cretaceous, to the frozen wastes of the last ice age) is of fundamental interest. Support more Climate State coverage: Paypal email: donate@ClimateState.com Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ClimateState Links for this episode: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot/events/2015/past-future-fantasy.html Watch full lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiXREvxFws0 Related The 8 Minute…

5.6 Oklahoma earthquake and flooding in the U.S.

2016, Flood, Geodynamics, Geosphere, Impacts, Natural Gas, Oil, Precipitation, USALeave a comment

Climate related news in 3D. USGS: M5.6 – 15km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10006jxs#executive Flooding of Coast, Caused by Global Warming, Has Already Begun http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/science/flooding-of-coast-caused-by-global-warming-has-already-begun.html Support more productions, donate with Paypal to: donate@climatestate.com

Watch Bubbling Alaska Lakes Catch on Fire #Methane

2016, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Cryosphere, Deglaciation, Greenhouse Gases, Impacts, Methane (CH4), Methane Hydrate, ScienceLeave a comment

Seeping methane is driving a global warming feedback loop. Some Arctic lakes are starting to look like witches’ cauldrons. The above video shows an increasingly common site in northern latitudes. As global warming heats these areas up, the frozen ground is melting. And when permafrost turns from solid ground to looser mud, it releases gases…

The spread of viruses like Zika and climate change

2016, Biosphere, Climate Change, Communication, Disease, Global, Health, Impacts, Microbiology, USA, VirusesLeave a comment

Climate change is expected to alter the geographic and seasonal distributions of existing vectors and vector-borne diseases [Likely, High Confidence]. Rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and a higher frequency of some extreme weather events associated with climate change will influence the distribution, abundance, and prevalence of infection in the mosquitoes that transmit West Nile virus…

Ice sheet deglaciation and methane emissions, with the scope on Greenland’s melt season

2016, Atmosphere, Bacteria, Biosphere, Cryosphere, Glaciology, Greenhouse Gases, Greenland, Hydrology, Ice Sheets, Methane (CH4), Methane Hydrate, Methanogen, Microbiology, Science, Subglacial LakesLeave a comment

On June 9 2016, Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, reached the warmest temperature ever recorded for the month of June anywhere on the island, 24 degrees Celsius (75 degrees Fahrenheit). An article from NSDIC, published June 22 elaborated on the broader situation: Surface melting on Greenland’s Ice Sheet proceeded at a brisk pace, with three…

Heat wave, air pollution, mortality, and adaptation, a quick look

2016, Adaptation, Air Pollution, Atmosphere, Chemistry, Extreme Weather, Health, Heat Stress, Heat wave, OzoneLeave a comment

While summer currently gears up, during exceptional continued record global warming, temperatures are set to reach the highest so far this summer in many parts of the northern hemisphere – within the next few day’s (Germany, U.S. etc). Here we look at the past 2003 heat wave and what attributed to excess deaths during that extensive heat period…